Not saying you're wrong.... but if that's the case then Savage is shooting themselves in the foot. That's the biggest thing they have going for them! I'd hope there's another explanation (even if it shows corner cutting) other than doing it on purpose.Originally Posted by Dave Hoback
Yeah, ridiculous monkey wrench Savage is throwing in to dissuade home builders. Pathetic!
Could be that as well. Just plain ol’ laziness on their part.
This again....?
Those little sphere's are debris from the rotary tumbling process Savage uses to polish the barreled action assemblies (barrel, action, recoil lug and nut assembly). Just like you get grains of sand off sand paper as debris when you use it, these sphere's are the debris that comes off the abrasive media Savage tumbles the assemblies in. The parts are tumbled as an assembly to ensure a uniform finish, and the parts aren't broken down/disassembled at any point after this process that would allow the spheres to be removed. Savage is in the business of selling complete firearms, not catering to the whims of DIYers, so the fact that some of the sphere's ultimately find their way into the barrel nut threads is of no concern to them as 90+% of the rifles they sell will ever be modified by their owners, and it's surely not a deliberate deterrent on Savage's part as Dave jokingly suggested.
Rotisserie cartridge that holds 42 barreled action assemblies. This cartridge rotates within the large vibrating hopper that contains the media.
Lowering the cartridge into the tumbler.
First media grit results in the typical matte finish we're used to seeing on Savage firearms.
A second finer grit media was used on assemblies that were to have the high polish finish of the Model 14/114 Classic series rifles. The high polish finish was dropped sometime in the early 2010's.
Another shot of a cartridge of assemblies being tumbled.
"Life' is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." ~ John Wayne
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Yeah, that makes sense. So just laziness, cutting corners. The good ol’ Big Business method. sigh*
I’ve often thought what a pleasure it would be to have a Savage Action made to specifications as custom Actions are machined. And the parts like the Accutrigger machined from Billet materials & likewise to higher specs. Oh how I’d love if I could afford a CNC machine.
You could easily enough. Could even take something like a Rem 700 and modify it for a floating bolt head.
There really isn't anything different about a Savage receiver from any of the others.
How the hell is it being lazy or cutting corners Dave? These are mass production guns, not $3k+ semi-custom boutique rifles like Cooper's or Dakota's.
Get your head out of your keister and rejoin us in reality.
"Life' is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." ~ John Wayne
“Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.” —Mark Twain
Meanie
It would love to tour the Savage factory. I'll never be able to do it but it would be very interesting to see all of the processes.
Not as good as being there in person, but this is a Brit touring the plant a few days ago. He also toured the Hornady plant in Nebraska which he's already posted on this channel, as well as the Leupold plant which hasn't been released yet.
"Life' is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." ~ John Wayne
“Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.” —Mark Twain
Well, this was the end result of all my efforts. It ended up locking up tight and you can probably see why. I ended up using a hacksaw to remove the barrel nut, because there was no getting it off otherwise.
I'm not too salty about this. Its a bummer because it would have been nice to have a 30-06 barrel laying around, but this thing is going to be getting an 8x57 tube anyways. I'm just thankful it wasn't the action threads that galled up. Those are 100% fine.
Thank goodness it didn’t strip the Action threads like that. Yeah, sucks the barrel couldn’t be saved. Could have kept it or given it to someone, or of course sold it for a buck. But could have been worse. Glad alls well for you.
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